A YOUNG man narrowly escaped injury after boy racers slammed into the back of his car then fled the accident scene.

A YOUNG man narrowly escaped injury after boy racers slammed into the back of his car then fled the accident scene.

Alex Parkinson's angry mother Ena says her son could have been killed in the incident, which took place at 10.30pm on Wednesday in Hoole Lane, Boughton.

'Alex was very lucky, but this could have been avoided,' said Mrs Parkinson.

'For years residents in Boughton have been trying to get something done about the young men in fast cars who insist on using Chester as a race track.

'The council has recently blocked the central reservation gaps in Boughton, which means they race up and down the road because they know nobody is going to pull out in front of them.' Alex had turned left at the traffic lights near Boughton Health Centre so he could turn round and get to his home in Dee Hills Park.

The car turned left behind him but, as he slowed down to take an immediate right, the collision happened.

Mrs Parkinson said: 'If the gaps were not blocked, then the crash would never have happened.

'Now, turning opposite the health centre or going all the way to Bill Smiths roundabout is the only way to get to the house from the city centre.'

Alex, 22, suffered minor whiplash in the accident, though he did not need to go to hospital. His car was badly damaged.

Alex said two passers-by witnessed the incident, but said the collision happened so quickly nobody was able to take the registration number of the car, believed to be a souped-up Citro&#xEB;n Saxo.

He said: 'All I saw were the headlights glaring in my eyes. I didn't see the car.'

Cheshire County Council spokesman said: 'While we understand Mrs Parkinson's concerns about her son's accident, it is wrong to say it happened because of the restrictions in Boughton. The accident was a result of bad driving.'

He added: 'The gaps in the central reservation on Boughton were blocked for safety reasons. About 400 illegal turns were being taken on that road a day, causing a serious hazard.'